The striker has not played a full 90 minutes for Liverpool all season, but impressed during a brief run-out as a substitute against Southampton and, having recovered from a hip problem, is likely to start at West Ham if Firmino is not risked.

According to the report, Liverpool officials have been maintaining contact with former Reds players at the KCOM Stadium in a bid to glean information on Maguire this past fortnight.

"I told them already, it's Liverpool at home, it's our last home game of the season".

Divock Origi added a fourth late on as Liverpool ran riot to seal a win that represents the ideal response to Saturday's victories for top-four rivals Manchester City and Arsenal and moves the Reds up to third, while a hard debut season at London Stadium for West Ham came to a dismal end.

Should the Reds win their final two Premier League games, they will be guaranteed a place in Europe's elite club competition for next season.

The 27-year-old has struggled for form and fitness this season and that was just his third league goal of the campaign, but Sturridge claims his sole focus is on helping Liverpool secure a top-four place.

But they couldn't score, then we controlled the game, then we scored the goal and we had another big chance with the header.

West Ham are unbeaten in the last five meetings against the Merseysides and the Croatian tactician is expecting another brilliant performance from his players in-front of a packed home crowd.

"When he was fit he was always a real option for us". We know about the difficulty of the next game, nobody will go into this game underestimating Middlesbrough.

"The positive thing as a defender is that we didn't concede a goal". I thought we were really deserved winners.

Daniel Sturridge is such a talented player and remains one of the best finishers in England. We were nowhere near close enough to them. I only think about now, at this moment, and I trust him 100%.

"Unfortunately, he was not that often available [this season], but it's all good".

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